Connected Dealer Services Description
The CDS platform serves as an all-encompassing Dealer Lifecycle Management (DLM) solution tailored specifically for new car dealerships. With our advanced GPS management software, dealerships can efficiently monitor their inventory, oversee loaner vehicles, mitigate losses from theft, cut costs, enhance staff productivity, and boost customer satisfaction levels. Additionally, it offers advantages such as improved retention of service customers, access to insurance discounts, streamlined inventory audits, and more. Furthermore, dealers not only gain these benefits but also establish a robust new revenue stream. The Elo GPS system enhances the value proposition by providing a Stolen Vehicle Recovery and Driver Monitoring System, offering CDS dealer partners a lucrative profit center through a straightforward add-on sale to consumers at the point of sale. This innovative system has the potential to turn inventory management expenses into a flourishing profit center, potentially generating hundreds of additional dollars in profit per transaction, creating a win-win situation for both dealers and their customers.
Connected Dealer Services Alternatives
Vehicle Acquisition Network (VAN)
Vehicle Acquisition Network (VAN) is an automotive software platform built to help car dealerships acquire high-quality used vehicles directly from private sellers—without relying on auctions. As wholesale prices rise and vehicle availability tightens, VAN empowers dealers with tools to source inventory faster, more profitably, and with greater control.
VAN aggregates local FSBO (for-sale-by-owner) listings, applies real-time market data to assess profitability, and automates communication with sellers at scale. Buyers can manage leads, track seller conversations, and streamline acquisition workflows through an intuitive CRM-style dashboard designed specifically for dealership teams.
For dealers who don’t have dedicated acquisition staff, VAN offers a Managed Buyer program, pairing stores with expert buyers who actively source, engage, and negotiate with private sellers on their behalf—saving time and boosting acquisition volume without internal hiring.
VAN is trusted by hundreds of dealerships across North America—from independent rooftops to franchise groups—looking to beat Carvana and CarMax at their own game. It's the smarter way to buy cars.
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Bullseye Store Locator
Bullseye is the visionary dealer and store locator platform that wins more clients. Bullseye is more than a standard locator. It allows companies to engage customers through local content, increase lead capture and drive traffic. It also helps them build relationships with agents, dealers, and other partners.
Bullseye partners love because it has SEO-friendly landing pages and automated real-time leads management. Integrate partner pages to your website easily to show their work and build trust with customers.
Bullseye has 20 years of experience and includes all the features that you would expect from a modern locator. These include user-friendly search interfaces and an API, in-depth reports, 3rd-party integrations and extensive tools to manage users, categories, locations, custom data fields, and location management. It is a comprehensive solution that allows you to manage all of your location data and direct customers to dealers, agents, stores, and other locations.
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Protek GPS
Effortlessly find any vehicle across numerous lots around the clock. Keep an eye on both loaner and company cars while receiving proactive alerts for low battery levels. Monitor breadcrumb trails and establish speed limits to enhance safety. Benefit from immediate notifications for stolen vehicles, leading to quicker recovery times. Additionally, track vehicle mileage to manage servicing and loyalty programs effectively. Provide your customers with a tangible product that generates real profits. The process includes straightforward registration and the creation of a bill of sale. Skypatrol ProtekGPS+ stands out as the premier leader in fleet management solutions. With extensive experience in preloading, training, and maintaining GPS dealer stock management systems, we’ve developed a proven model that minimizes challenges and protects a dealer's investment. This approach consistently transforms the process into a revenue source for the dealer. Ultimately, our mission is to deliver exceptional value to our clients and ensure their satisfaction at all times. Sales representatives and dealership staff can quickly pinpoint vehicles using stock numbers, VINs, makes, or models, enhancing their operational efficiency. This innovative system not only streamlines vehicle management but also significantly boosts customer engagement and loyalty.
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CDK Global
CDK provides a unified, SOC 2-compliant dealership software solutions designed to simplify dealership operations, improve profitability and create a better customer experience across every department. Instead of relying on disconnected tools for Sales, Service, Inventory and Accounting, CDK brings everything together in one place through the CDK Dealership Xperience Platform.
CDK offers six connected suites inside the Dealership Xperience Platform, each one solving for a specific area of dealership operations:
• Foundations Suite: Ideal for enterprise and multistore dealers, this suite delivers advanced Accounting, DMS functionality, centralized management and CDK SimplePay for smooth deal workflows.
• Fundamentals Suite: Created for independent dealerships and smaller franchise operations, the Fundamentals Suite offers streamlined core tools with the same data connectivity as the Foundations Suite.
• Vehicle Inventory Suite: Uses AI and real-time market insights to help dealers source, price and manage inventory more effectively and profitably.
• Modern Retail Suite: Combines CRM, Digital Retailing and F&I workflows so customers can start buying online and complete the process in the dealership without rework.
• Fixed Operations Suite: Supports Service and Parts departments with communication tools like video and texting, accurate estimates and to-the-penny Service pricing.
• Intelligence Suite: Brings advanced analytics, forecasting and performance visibility across departments so decision-making is faster and more data-driven.
Dealers choose CDK for its ability to connect once-separate systems, support day-to-day operations, and provide measurable improvements in efficiency, profitability and customer satisfaction.
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Connected Dealer Services
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connecteddealerservices.com
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Connected Dealer Services Features and Options
Auto Dealer Software
Accounting
Buy-Here-Pay-Here
Collections Management
Contact Database
Customer Database
Document Management
F&I Management
Financing Management
Form Printing
Inventory Management
Lease Management
New Car Dealer
New Car Lot
Online Inventory
Parts Management
Sales Management
Service Department
Used Car Lot
Website Integration
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